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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:00 pm Reply with quote
The consolation prize would be my favorite. I love plushes, and that figurine would be gravy.

I'm not familiar with Danganronpa though, so I have to ask: Why is there a girl named Jack?
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:13 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
The consolation prize would be my favorite. I love plushes, and that figurine would be gravy.

I'm not familiar with Danganronpa though, so I have to ask: Why is there a girl named Jack?


Tokko has a split personality disorder Jack is that split personality.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:15 am Reply with quote
And is that split personality a male one?
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championferret



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:48 am Reply with quote
Actually, 'Jack' is just the localized name in the english translation that I still can't understand why they went with. The split-personality's actual name is 'Genocider Syou' (as opposed to Genocide Jack...I am aware 'Genocider' is not a real word but that just made it more fun and ridiculous in my opinion), sometimes just 'Syou'. As far as I know, 'Syou' (also can be written as Shou) is gender neutral but more common with males.

I'm guessing Genocide Jack is meant to be a reference to Jack the Ripper but I still think it was pointless change in the english translation.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:24 am Reply with quote
The figure of Genocide Jack is a shocker upon first glance.
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:34 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
And is that split personality a male one?



No actually.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:00 am Reply with quote
Hmm, all right then. i'll just chalk it up to weird localization.
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